February 13, 2018

fromTheDailyBell:Just 15% of Americans think the government will bring us to a better future. 59% say the government is the most broken institution, followed by 21% who think the media is the worst.Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

fromLibertyPen/YouTube:Ray McGovern knows a lot because after 50 years in the CIA, he has seen a lot. Closely examining the recent facts revealed regarding FBI corruption, McGovern shares his take.Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

fromDailyInterLake:“Jury nullification is a tool, and like any tool you can use it in a lot of ways. And one of the ways is to uphold the rule of law when government is violating the rule of law.”Justice is a Result, Not Just a Process

January 19, 2018

fromPeoplesPundit: Nullification occurs when a jury votes “not guilty” because a law is either unjust or wrongly applied, not because a defendant is actually innocent.Justice is a Result, Not Just a Process

fromPeoplesPundit: Nullification occurs when a jury votes “not guilty” because a law is either unjust or wrongly applied, not because a defendant is actually innocent.Justice is a Result, Not Just a Process

January 4, 2018

fromCreators: A 2016 report from the AAA Foundation noted that THC blood levels do not predict performance on roadside sobriety tests. It said "there is no evidence...that any objective threshold exists that established impairment."The War on Unapproved Voluntary ExchangeRegulation Nation

from LibertyPen/YouTube: From C-Span (2000), former Libertarian presidential candidate Harry Browne shares his philosophy on the gun rights, affirmative action, taxes, Social Security, drug laws and other political topics.

December 8, 2017

from Activist Post: Some police chose to not enforce the law, but to get around the law. "Trooper Dunlap did not need to get a warrant, because he knew that the hospital would take motorists’ blood without a warrant and give it to them."Police State AmericaThe Government is Not Us

from DownTrend: The jackleg scoundrel appointed to be the Trump slayer is having a few public relations problems this week after the triumphant news that he had flipped General Michael Flynn against President Trump had the left jumping for joy.Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

from Forbes: The national revulsion against abusive civil asset forfeiture has not kept police from trying to pocket as much as they can from people who are innocent of any wrongdoing.Police State AmericaThe Government is Not Us

December 2, 2017

from InsiderSources: Things have gotten so ridiculous in the search for victimless criminals
that police have even taken to setting each other up, if only
inadvertently. Recently, Detroit officers posing as drug buyers
brawled with officers posing as dealers.Police State AmericaThe War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange

from LibertarianRepublic: The use of the cellphone as a surveillance tool is at the heart of a major privacy case heard by the Supreme Court this week in Carpenter v. United States. At issue may be the very future of privacy in America.Government is Watching Every Move You Make

from NY Times: Gun rights legislation that would allow concealed-carry permit holders from one state to legally carry their guns to any other state passed a key House panel and appeared to be headed for a vote on the floor of the House.2nd Amendment Assaults

November 29, 2017

from Guardian: Carpenter v United States has rightly prompted concerns over surveillance. But it could also have drastic implications for personal freedom in the digital age.Government is Watching Every Move You Make

from Rutherford Institute: We’ve all been there before. You’re driving along and you see a pair of flashing blue lights in your rearview mirror. Whether or not you’ve done anything wrong, you get a sinking feeling in your stomach.Police State America

from The Daily Bell: When you pursue personal liberation, individual freedom, your life will only improve, right up until your last moments on this Earth. When you pursue so-called sexual liberation, your prospects of happiness decay day by day.The Pursuit of Happiness

November 20, 2017

from LewRockwell.com: When the Harvey Weinstein story broke about a month ago, I offered that the reason (after decades of such behavior) might have something to do with the democrats getting tired of telling Hillary to go away.Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

from EFF: The bill squanders several opportunities for meaningful reform and, astonishingly, manages to push civil liberties backwards, restricting surveillance reforms, not surveillance itself.Government is Watching Every Move You Make

from The Atlantic: Want to become a florist in Louisiana? A home-entertainment installer in Connecticut? Or a barber anywhere? You’re going to need a license for that—and it’s going to cost you.Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

from TheDailyBell: Libertarians understand that drug prohibition itself has been the cause of the widespread use of hard drugs, while many conservatives remain blind.The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange

from Reuters: Of course they approved the technology, government likely subsidized it. It allows third parties to tap into television recording devices (cameras, voice activation), a fundamental piece of the puzzle if 1984 is the instruction manual.Government is Watching Every Move You Make

from LibertyPen/YouTube: Can state politicians demand a Catholic pregnancy center to pimp pro-abortion propaganda. The state of California says yes. Attorney Thomas Glessner is filing a lawsuit that says no.Indoctrination and Censorship

November 15, 2017

from Rutherford Institute: Americans can no longer afford to get sick. That’s because they are struggling to stretch their dollars far enough to pay their bills, get out of debt and ensure that if and when an illness arises, it doesn’t bankrupt them.The Government is Not Us

from Creators: Last week, The New York Times published an article, "Sweeping Away Gender-Specific Toys and Labels," that contained three sentences that explain one of the most important phenomena in American life.Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

from The Intercept: Legalization is their answer. "The data show that, judged by virtually every metric, the Portuguese decriminalization framework has been a resounding success.”The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange

by Jacob Sullum.Public servants or simple perverts, you decide. Yet another case of a driver sexually assaulted in the name of the war on drugs dramatically illustrates the dangerously broad power that police officers have to mess with motorists. According to a lawsuit filed last September, described in a February 3 ruling
by federal judge in ... MORE

Gov't wedging itself between doctors and patients. The nation's top health officials are stepping up calls to require doctors to log in to pill-tracking databases before prescribing painkillers and other high-risk drugs. The move is part of a multi-pronged strategy by the Obama administration to tame an epidemic of abuse and death tied to ... MORE

Cautious optimism may be appropriate. President Obama's recent speech
on the opioid overdose epidemic offers a ray of hope that the country's
approach to drugs might one day adopt what has been called the first
rule of American business: When all else fails, try doing it right. Noting with considerable understatement that "treatment is ... MORE

by David Kravets.Some hooks don't require bait. A Central Texas police department issued a "breaking news alert" on
Facebook, cautioning residents that meth and heroin in the Granite
Shoals area "could be contaminated with the life-threatening disease Ebola."
Last week's fake Facebook alert urged the public "NOT" to ingest those
illicit drugs ... MORE